Thanks hon! "Icon pretty" is always nice to hear. (BTW - the bright blue in the background of your icon is really striking behind Buffy. icon pretty!) And I'm glad you're enjoying the discussions; I never know where they are going to take me. 'tis fun!

For some reason I like #7 the best

I've really enjoyed playing with "vintage photo effects" from back when I did moulin Rouge icons on the old photobucket platform, even though "old photo effects" rarely look like old photos which I happen to collect: http://s133.photobucket.com/user/RedSatinDoll/media/Antique%20Photos/img033cropped_2400dpi.jpg.html?sort=6&o=2)

The effect in #7 reminds me very much of an image on a piece of newspaper that's been lying around for 60 years.

The "make a good woman" icon with Spike and the box to make the Buffybot made me laugh out loud.

Is that what that icon was? I couldn't tell that was from IWMTLY. I read the text and thought, "I must be missing something". *Cringes*